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NFL free agency is imminent. With the “legal tampering period” set to start at Noon ET on Monday afternoon, we will suddenly see players agree to terms with new teams. In what will be one of the strangest offseasons due to a shrinking salary cap, there is bound to be even more movement as good players are cut and others are traded away.
The Detroit Lions find themselves in the middle of it all trying to pull off a full rebuild. We’ve already seen them make a few additions and a lot more subtractions. They’ve pulled off one of the biggest trades in NFL history, and we’re not even to the start of the new league year yet.
There’s going to be a lot more to come. So to keep track of it all, we’re bringing back our offseason tracker, which will keep tabs on all of the Lions free agents, list all of Detroit’s new signings or trades, and link back to the original article so that you can get the details right there.
This will be a great resource during free agency so that you don’t miss any moves, but it’s also a valuable list later in the offseason—or even next year—to get a summary of what the Lions accomplished in the offseason. For example, look at how bad last year’s offseason was. Or the year before!
Without further ado, here is the always-updating 2021 Detroit Lions free agency tracker.
Additions
Signed by the Lions
- WR Tyrell Williams* — Signed a one-year, $3 million deal with Detroit (What the Lions are getting)
- TE Josh Hill* — Signed (What the Lions are getting)
- RB Jamaal Williams - Signing two-year deal worth “up to” $7.5 million
- QB Tim Boyle** - Signing one-year, $2.5M deal with Lions
- WR Breshad Perriman - Signing 1-year, $3M deal with Lions
- K Randy Bullock** - Signing 1-year, $1.5M deal with Lions
- DE Charles Harris** - Signing with Lions
- WR Kalif Raymond **— Signing 1-year deal with Lions
- LB Alex Anzalone** — Signing 1-year, $1.75M deal with Lions
- WR Damion Ratley* — Signed with Lions (no terms yet)
- CB Corn Elder — Signing 1-year deal with Lions
- CB Quinton Dunbar — Signing 1-year deal with Lions
- S Dean Marlowe — Signed with Lions
*Signing was of a released player and won’t count towards compensatory formula
**Contract too small to impact compensatory pick formula
Players acquired via trade
- QB Jared Goff — Lions acquired Goff, 2 first-round picks, third-round pick for Matthew Stafford
- DT Michael Brockers - Lions sending 2023 7th-round pick to Rams for Brockers — Signs new three-year, $24 million contract
Future signings
- WR Victor Bolden
- WR Tom Kennedy
- TE Alize Mack
- TE Hunter Thedford
- C Evan Brown
- DE Joel Heath
- DE Robert McCray
- LB Anthony Pittman
- S Jalen Elliott
- DB Godwin Igwebuike
- K Matthew Wright
Lions’ free agents
Re-signed
- CB Mike Ford (RFA) - Ford re-signs with Lions, one year, $1.2M
- DE Romeo Okwara - Re-signs 3-year deal worth up to $39M
- LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin - Re-signing one-year, $2.4M deal
- LS Don Muhlbach — Re-signing one-year, veteran minimum deal
Signed elsewhere
- WR Jamal Agnew — Signing three-year, $14.25M deal with Jaguars
- LB Jarrad Davis — Signing one-year, $7M deal with Jets
- WR Marvin Jones Jr. — Signing two-year, $13.5M deal with Jaguars
- K Matt Prater — Signed two-year deal with Cardinals
- LB Reggie Ragland — Signing one-year deal with Giants
- G Oday Aboushi — Signing one-year, $1.75M deal with Chargers
- S Miles Killebrew — Signing one-year deal with Steelers
- WR Kenny Golladay — Signing 4-year, $72M deal with Giants
- CB Darryl Roberts — Signing with Washington Football Team
- WR Mohamed Sanu — Signing one-year deal with 49ers
- S Duron Harmon — Signed with Falcons
Remain unsigned
- RB Adrian Peterson
- WR Danny Amendola
- DE Everson Griffen
- CB Tony McRae
Exclusive rights free agents
- FB Jason Cabinda — Lions tender ERFA offer
- OT Matt Nelson — Lions tender ERFA offer
- P Jack Fox — Lions tender ERFA offer
Lions released
- LB Christian Jones (story, roster impact) — Signed with Bears
- C Russell Bodine (story)
- CB Desmond Trufant (story, roster impact) — Signing 1-year deal with Bears
- CB Justin Coleman (story) — Signed 1-year, $2.75M deal with Dolphins
- TE Jesse James (story)
- G Joe Dahl (story)
- QB Chase Daniel (story)
- DT Danny Shelton (story) — Signing 1-year deal with Giants
Traded players
- QB Matthew Stafford — Traded to Rams for two first-round picks, a third-round pick, and QB Jared Goff